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Cleto Escobedo III, leader of Jimmy Kimmel’s house band, dies at 59
Neda Ulaby As a kid growing up in Las Vegas, Cleto Escobedo and his best friend delighted in playing pranks together. “We kind of had the same sense of humor,” he recalled in a 2022 oral history interview with Texas Tech University. “We’d mess with people on the Strip, and if it’d rain, maybe we’d…
Celebs React to Jimmy Kimmel Band Leader Cleto Escobedo’s Death
Jimmy Kimmel Live! band leader Cleto Escobedo died on at age 59, with the titular late night talk show host describing him as “a great friend.” Hollywood is in mourning over the death of Jimmy Kimmel Live! mainstay Cleto Escobedo. Jimmy Kimmel himself shared the devastating news on Nov. 11, writing on Instagram, “Early this…